对于《论语·八佾》篇“管仲之器小哉”一句中“器”字的解释历来看法不同,影响最大的两种说法分别是魏代何晏所言的“言其器量小也”和宋代朱熹的“器小,言其不知圣贤大学之道,故局量褊浅、规模卑狭,不能正身修德以致主于王道”。本文结合“器”字在古代文献中所具有的几种含义,通过《论语》当中孔子对于“器”的相关论述以及孔子对管仲的评价,试说明在这两种说法中朱熹的注解应该更加贴近孔子的原意。 For the “Analects of Confucius” articles “Guanzhongsizaizai” in a sentence “device ” has different views on the interpretation of the word, the two most influential are the Wei Dai Wei Yan said Small also “and the Song Zhu Xi’s” small device, saying that it does not know the saints University Road, so the amount of shallow, humble size, can not be orthodox virtue so that the Lord is king. “ In this paper, we combine ”Confucianism“ and ”Confucianism“ in the ancient literature for several meanings. Through the discussion about Confucianism and ”Guan" by Confucius in Confucian Analects, The annotation should be closer to the original intention of Confucius.